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Buildair, a spin-off of CIMNE, has recently carried out an intense international activity, which has resulted in participation in purchasing seminars, closing agreements and sponsorship of virtual events. Denmark: Copenhague United Nations Procurement...
FLEXCoop aims at introducing a complete automated Demand Response framework and tool suite for residential electricity consumers. The end-to-end interoperable solution will enable consumer flexibility to be valorised in front of a range of possible users in order...
Lucia Barbu (Braila, Romania, 1985) is an Assistant Research Professor at CIMNE and an Associate Professor at Technical University of Catalonia. Since the beginning of this month, she is leading the European Project Fatigue4Light, which consists of the study of...
CIMNE facilities located at UPC North Campus (C1 Building) have obtained the positive evaluation report from the Ascó-Vandellós II Nuclear Association (ANAV). It certifies that CIMNE has implemented a quality system succesfully evaluated in accordance...
The European-funded project KYKLOS 4.0 (An Advanced Circular and Agile Manufacturing Ecosystem based on rapid reconfigurable manufacturing process and individualized consumer preferences) has launched the call for Expression of Interest (EoI) for evaluators. The...
The 14th World Congress in Computational Mechanics & ECCOMAS Congress took from January 11th to 15th, 2021. The Opening Session was introduced by the presidents of both scientific societies organizers of the event, Prof. Antonio Huerta (IACM) and Michał Kleiber...
The CIMNE researchers Santiago Badia, Alberto F. Martín, Eric Neiva and Francesc Verdugo from Large Scale Scientific Computing Group have recently published the article "A Generic Finite Element Framework on Parallel Tree-Based Adaptive Meshes" on SIAM Journal...
CIMNE closed 2020 with a total of 79,706 citations registered by Google Scholar, an h-index of 131 and an i10 Index of 1014. During 2020, the tool assigns 6,557 citations to CIMNE researchers' publications, an 8% increase compared to 2019 (6,032 citations...
One of the main challenges of increasing energy efficiency investments is the lack of statistical data on the actual energy and costs savings which are achieved through them. Data is still hard to access because it is decentralized and in different formats....
On 30th December 2020 has been published “Psychrophilic Full Scale Tubular Digester Operating over Eight Years: Complete Performance Evaluation and Microbiological Population” on the edition 2021 of Energies, an MDPI Open Access Journal. Jaime...
On December 21st 2020, Alejandro Cornejo has successfully defended his PhD Thesis entitled “A fully Lagrangian formulation for fluid-structure interaction between free surface flows and multifracturing solids and structures”. The thesis has been developed...
CIMNE celebrated on 21st December 2020 its traditional Christmas Toast. In this occasion, the event was held online due to Covid crisis. Despite this, the virtual event brought together some hundred participants, including representatives of the governing institutions...
On November 20th 2020, the prestigious Stanford University (California, USA) released a list of the "World's Top 2% Scientists", that is, 2% of the "best scientists" in diverse disciplines, selected according to criteria of high academic performance. The...
Fresh Water Nature SL (FWN), a spin-off company of CIMNE, has recently installed an experimental prototype for production of fresh water in the desalination plant Aguas Ter-Llobregat (ATL) located in the municipality of El Prat in Barcelona. The fresh water production...
The CIMNE researchers Drs. Irene Arias, Michele Chiumenti and Julio García have been recently appointed as Full Professors at Spanish Universities. Irene Arias Michele Chiumenti Julio García Drs. Arias and Chiumenti have got their Full Professorships at...
Recently, the CIMNE, through the CENIT Group for Innovation in Multimodal Transport, has signed a collaboration agreement with the Mexican Federation of Civil Engineering Institutions Federation of Associations of Civil Engineers of Mexico (FEMCIC). This...
The CIMNE Industrial Manufacturing Processes research group, led by Professor Michele Chiumenti, works, in collaboration with different working groups of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP), on a project funded by Concytec for the optimization...
CIMNE's spin-off Buildair Ingeniería y Arquitectura S.A. has installed a second inflatable H25x30 hangar in Lleida-Alguaire Airport. It has been setup in 1 day joining the H20x20 that was set-up by the company last July. The inflatable hagar is almost...
The European project EN-TRACK, coordinated by CIMNE-BEE Group, aims to enable continuous, large-scale data gathering on the energy and financial performance of Energy Efficiency Measures applied to buildings. By creating an open source big data...
On November 18th 2020, Pere-Andreu Ubach has successfully defended his PhD Thesis entitled: "BEST: Bézier-Enhanced Shell Triangle. A new rotation-free thin shell finite element". The thesis has been developed in the framework of the PhD Programme in Structural...
Professor Eugenio Oñate, Director of CIMNE, has been awarded the ECCOMAS Ritz-Galerkin Medal 2020. The Ritz-Galerkin Medal is the highest award given by the European Association for Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS), honoring individuals...
CIMNE social networks are increasing their communities. Last week CIMNE’s Twitter account achieved 1,500 followers and Youtube Channel 1,800 suscribers. CIMNE’s largest social network is Linkedin which reached over 3,600 followers. For a research...
The "Setmana de la Ciència" (SC) reaches its 25th edition this year. It is a pioneering communication initiative in Spain organized by the FCRI since 1996, which offers every year about 500 scientific-technical dissemination activities throughout Catalonia,...
On Monday of 9th November of 2020, Eduardo Soudah, group leader of the Bio-Medical Engineering of CIMNE, participated in the Lecture Series "Dilluns de Ciència" giving a talk titled "Computational techniques in clinical practice". By following...
CIMNE has renewed the TECNIO accreditation for the period of 2020-2023. CIMNE is a research centre specialized in numerical methods in engineering and, in 2017, it was recognized by TECNIO as an entity that generates and transfers new technology to the company by...
On October 20th 2020 the Catalonian Research Institute on Cultural Heritage (ICRPC) hosted in their headquarters located in the city of Girona the visit of a delegation formed by Eugenio Oñate, director of CIMNE, Ferran Falcó, Secretary General of the...
Prof. Antonio Huerta, professor and former director of the School of Civil Engineering (UPC·BarcelonaTech), has been awarded the highest recognition by the Japan Society for Computational Engineering Science 2019. Huerta is also the leader of Innovative...
Prof. Enrique Romero, director of research (UPC·BarcelonaTech) and affiliated researcher at Geomechanics Group of CIMNE, was honoured "2nd European Distinguished Lecturer on Unsaturated Soils" by the TC-106, the Technical Committee on Unsaturated Soils of the...
On 23rd October 2020, the State Research Agency, depending on the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, has published the final resolution of Collaboration Challenges 2019, a call that finances experimental development projects in cooperation between companies...
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Gerard Laguna has joined recently to Building Energy and Environment research group of CIMNE as a Severo Ochoa PostDoc Trainee. We have interviewed him to know his point of view about energy efficiency as well as what implies for him its new position. -What new...
On 7th October 2020 Eric Neiva successfully defended his PhD Thesis titled "Large-scale tree-based unfitted finite elements for metal additive manufacturing" in the framework of Civil Engineering Programme. The thesis, that was carried out at the...
This month of October, there are two calls for scholarships open for hiring researchers who are in the early stages of their research careers. On the one hand, on October 6th, 2020, the call for Grants for the recruitment of novice research staff (FI-2021) funded by...
Organised by SEA Europe and Interferry, the 1st Lash Fire Public Webinar will take place on October 14th, 2020 14:00–15:30, remotely on the GoToWebinar platform. In this webinar partners of the EU-funded LASH FIRE project will present the research done within...
This October, CIMNE has launched its first issue of its corporate newsletter. On a quarterly basis, this new communication tool will offer a summary of the projects in which the centre works, the researchers who join new positions, the outstanding publications and the...
Recently, the researchers of CENIT Group for Innovation in Multimodal Transport of CIMNE have appeared as experts in urban mobility. Sergi Saurí, leader of the group, gave his opinion in the newspaper "La Nació Digital" which addresses, among other...
European cities are currently adjusting public health measures to manage COVID-19 transition phases. Public health and transport authorities must anticipate and adapt strategies to maintain low-level or no-transmission status while allowing citizens to safely engage...
On September 21st 2020 Rubén Zorrilla has successfully defended his PhD Thesis titled "Towards the Virtual Wind Tunnel for Civil Engineering Applications" in the framework of Civil Engineering Programme. The thesis, which was carried out at the...
On 3rd September 2020 Vicente Mataix has successfully defended his PhD Thesis titled "Innovative mathematical and numerical models for studying the deformation of shells during industrial forming processes with the Finite Element Method" in the framework of Civil...
The incorporation of the following researchers has been carried out through contracts financed with ref. CEX2018-000797-S / Severo Ochoa Centers of Excellence program, funded by the State Research Agency. Guillermo Casas Position: Severo Ochoa PostDoc Trainee Position...
On 7th September 2020 David Roca successfully defended his PhD Thesis titled "Numerical Tools for Computational Design of Acoustic Metamaterials" in the framework of Mechanical, Fluid and Aeronautical Engineering Programme. The thesis was carried out...
Pneumatic Structures Technologies (PSTech), participated in by Buildair Ingeniería y Arquitectura, created by CIMNE professors about twenty years ago and recently the Catalan Institute of Finance’s part-owned, has sold the first unit of its inflatable...
Severo Ochoa Postdoc Trainee in LSSC GROUP (Barcelona, 1984) Francesc Verdugo is since June 2020 a Severo Ochoa Postdoc Trainee in LSSC research group at CIMNE, a highly interdisciplinary research team led by Prof. Santiago Badia. The main research lines of LSSC...
PhD Research Student (Naples, 1991) Title of her Thesis: “MPM Modelling soil liquefaction” Gaia di Carluccio has recently joined the project Soil in Motion (Ref. RTI2018-097365-B-I00) coordinated by CIMNE and funded by the Ministry of Science, Innovation...
From November 2020, CIMNE will coordinate the project EN-TRACK that will promote a Energy Efficiency Performance-Tracking Platform for Benchmarking Savings and Investments in Buildings. Funded by the European Commission through the...
During the first semester of 2020 CIMNE has been awarded with 10 European Projects funded by the European Commission through different subprogrammes of the Horizon Europe 2020. Artificial Intelligence, new materials in naval construction, aeronautics challenges in...
The 10th GiD Convention was celebrated on July 20th in a new format, due to the pandemic situation. Despite the challenge of adopting a 100% online format, the event successfully developed. The convention was...
The Deltebre City Council, in partnership with the International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), has presented the European project HAMELIN. It consists of technological research funded by the European Commission to control the the mosquito pest...
New Park Bowling has implemented two OKO technology solutions: the OKO Virtual Waiter and Magic Stickers. From now on, customers who are bowling will not have to go to the bar to place their order. By scanning the Magic Stickers placed on the tables of each bowling...
The company Buildair, a spin-off of CIMNE, has installed an inflatable and mobile hangar at the airport of Lleida-Alguaire. This pilot test will allow to evaluate its functionality and to publicize its possible uses, especially for the aeronautical, industrial...
Dr. Carles Estruch has been awarded the IABSE Prize 2020 “for his expertise gained while working in the fields of research, design and construction, contributing in a holistic way to the field of structural engineering.”. Estruch is the Engineering...
The home confinement restrictions imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic have meant a period of intense telematic work in all CIMNE activities. Once these restrictions are slowly being removed and everyday life shifts towards the so-called “new normality”, CIMNE...
OKTICS, a spin-off specialized in helping companies in their digital transformation, is committed to contactless technology to overcome the COVID-19 crisis. The company has developed and implemented digital signage, corporate communication and virtual waiters. To help...
CIMNE has launched the second call for recruitment of PhD and Postdoc candidates under the Severo Ochoa Centers of Excellence program funded by the Spanish Government. The call is open for candidates at different stages of their research careers: PhD students, Posdoc...
Institute of Corrosion (ICORR) of UK has awarded its top prize in the Engineering branch, Paul McIntyre Award 2020, to Dr. Carmen Andrade. This award was created in 2017 and recognizes scientific merits in the facet of its application to the resolution of practical...
Under the hashtag #cimneteletreballa, CIMNE wanted to show how the center's research and management team continues to work during the COVID-19 state of alarm. In this way, different teams explain what they are working on at the moment. We show below some of the...
SHERPA is an Interreg MED modular project that will contribute to speeding up the implementation of EU Directives on Energy Performance of Buildings (2010/31/EU) and on Energy Efficiency (2012/27/EU). Its main objective is to reinforce the capacities of public...
OKO Business has launched a tempered safety glass for effective protection screen against all types of viral contagion and with a special and hygienic treatment (Easy Clean Coating) that acts as a neutralizer for bacteria, facilitating the sliding of residues and dirt...
CIMNE is one of the partners of the SMILER project for the development of a loss reduction system in water distribution networks based on Machine Learning. The project (RTC-2017-6324-5), funded by the FEDER through the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities...
GID, the software developed by the Pre and Processing Group of CIMNE that covers all the common needs in the numerical simulation field from pre to post processing, has launched a new version. The new GiD14.0.4 official version has been released...
CIMNE is participating in BCN3D’s production campaign to print 3D PPE components for healthcare staff. Researcher Javier Soraluce is carrying out the production of pieces to create masks with the help of the 3D printer that the centre has put out to disposition...
CIMNE researchers are applying computational fluid dynamics models coupled with particle-based models to the simulation of the flow of virus in the air produced by a sneeze. This research is carried out in close cooperation with the group of Professor Rainald Lohner...
David J. Vicente, Post-Doc researcher at CIMNE, participated in the organization of the congress 'Young Water Professionals - Spain 2019' of the YWP-IWA association. This event gathered more than 250 professionals from the water sector to share their...
CIMNE has been awarded two projects in the “Producte” Call, cofunded by AGAUR and FEDER in framework of the RIS3CAT Plan (2014-2020). The projects are APoEmA, that consists on develop technology to provide fresh water for isolated locations; and...
Recently, was held in Coslada (Madrid) the closure event of the project E-Testing funded by Spanish Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce in the framework of the programme Iberoeka of the Industrial and Technological Development Centre (CDTI). The...
On 6th March 2020, the project "LIGHT3D: Laser and Other Lighting Technologies"* will gathered its partners LEITAT, ICIQ, IREC, CIMNE and UPC (IMEM) in the Kick off Meeting at the CIM Foundation's facilities, coordinators of the group Base3D. The...
Eugenio Oñate, General Director of CIMNE and Full Research Professor at UPC is the most cited scientist of Technical University of Catalonia for the second consecutive year. With 23485 citations and an H index of 72, is at the 307th position of the ranking...
Coinciding with the celebration of the International Day of Girls and Women in Science, the Institution CERCA Centres, of which CIMNE is a member, has published a gender study of scientific careers. #11F Dia Internacional de la Dona i la Nena a la Ciència. La...
The Full Research Professor at CIMNE Xavier Oliver has been awarded the Gauss-Newton Medal, the highest distinction of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM). This prize is given to those researchers who are distinguished for having made...
On January 29th 2020 took place the Kick-off Meeting of the project Alternate that has brought together a consortium of world leading, interdisciplinary experts in the field of air transport, engine certification and alternative fuels both from Europe and China....
Professor David Roger Jones Owen, Roger for his friends, died in Swansea at the age of 77 on Monday January 13th. He was Emeritus Professor in the Civil and Computational Engineering Centre at Swansea University, Wales, UK, and an international authority on finite...
Professor Antonio Gens has been awarded a Doctorate Honoris Causa by the Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest (UTCB). The award ceremony (some pictures below) was held on December 10th, 2019. In the citation, the Senate of the University highlights...
Herramienta diagnóstica en leucemias y linfomas CIMNE tiene el placer de presentaros el proyecto "Clasificación automática de imágenes digitales de sangre periférica para su aplicación al diagnóstico inicial de...
El pasado día 3 de noviembre tuvo lugar la primera Jornada sobre Oportunidades de Innovación en Biomedicina del Hospital Clínico San Carlos de Madrid. Juan Ángel Jover, Jefe del Servicio de Reumatología del Hospital, y Julio...
El pasado día 3 de noviembre tuvo lugar la primera Jornada sobre Oportunidades de Innovación en Biomedicina del Hospital Clínico San Carlos de Madrid. Juan Ángel Jover, Jefe del Servicio de Reumatología del Hospital, y Julio...